Honghuang Xuanyang Dao

Chapter 50: The Innate Five Elements
The two returned to Fengqi Mountain and told Di Jun about Xihe's affairs, letting Di Jun make his own decision. Li Xuanyang then said goodbye, left Fengqi Mountain, and headed towards the Wuzhuang Temple on Wanshou Mountain.

Speaking of which, the last time they parted at Buzhou Mountain, Zhen Yuanzi promised to give Li Xuanyang a branch of a ginseng fruit tree, and Wanshou Mountain just happened to have the innate Yi wood energy and the innate Wu earth energy.

Li Xuanyang stood on a golden auspicious cloud. As soon as he entered the Wanshou Mountain, Zhen Yuanzi sensed from afar an extremely yang aura coming closer and closer.

Above the void, a golden cloud of light came. Zhen Yuanzi recognized it at a glance as the result of the evolution of Li Xuanyang's innate Xuanyang divine light. He couldn't help but smile and told the boy to prepare the spiritual fruits on the table.

Since the last ginseng fruit banquet, no one has come to visit except Hongyun. The ginseng fruit tree with innate spiritual roots is already full of fist-sized fruits. The fruits are like children, hanging on the branches, moving their hands and feet, nodding and shaking their heads, as if they are alive.

Although the ginseng fruit tree blooms once every three thousand years, bears fruit once every three thousand years, and takes another three thousand years to mature, it takes ten thousand years to produce thirty fruits.

But there was only Zhen Yuanzi in Wuzhuang Temple, and he had no disciples. Only when friends of the same faith came to visit, or when Hongyun came to visit, would he ask the boy to pick some fruits to entertain the guests.

Over time, the fruits on the ginseng fruit tree naturally increased.

In contrast, the banana trees in Xuanyang Mountain have been planted for hundreds of thousands of years, but have never bloomed or borne fruit.

Li Xuanyang descended from the auspicious clouds and arrived at the gate of Wuzhuang Temple, only to see two boys waiting there for a long time.

Seeing Li Xuanyang descending from the auspicious clouds, they all bowed to him and said, "Disciple, we are honored to meet Master Xuanyang. My master has been waiting for him for a long time. Please follow me in!"

Li Xuanyang nodded and followed the two boys into Wuzhuang Temple. What surprised him was that they were obviously walking towards the backyard and getting closer and closer to the ginseng fruit tree.

Li Xuanyang couldn't help but ask curiously, "Fellow Daoist Zhen Yuanzi, are you planning to entertain me in the orchard?"

The two boys shook their heads and said, "I don't know, but recently, the master has been staying in the orchard all day. It seems that he has undergone some subtle changes, just like the first fruits produced when the world was first created."

"Could it be that he wants to transform into a human form?" Li Xuanyang blurted out subconsciously.

At the last ginseng fruit banquet, Hongyun mentioned that the first batch of fruits produced by the ginseng fruit tree had already shown a hint of intelligence, as if they could take shape at any time, which made several people very curious at the time.

Not long after, Li Xuanyang stepped into the orchard and saw that Zhen Yuanzi had already had a table prepared under the ginseng fruit tree. On it were many ginseng fruits with all the necessary features, as well as various Ganoderma lucidum drinks.

"Fellow Daoist, may you be free and at ease!" Li Xuanyang said jokingly, then asked, "I heard that you've been staying in the orchard recently, but is there a ginseng fruit that's about to take shape?"

Hearing Li Xuanyang's teasing, Zhen Yuanzi showed a trace of pain, stood up and bowed to Li Xuanyang, saying, "Fellow Daoist, please don't tease me."

"However, you have come at the perfect time, otherwise I would have to leave for your Xuanyang Mountain in the next few days."

After the two men greeted each other, Li Xuanyang and Zhen Yuanzi sat down at the desk together.

"Fellow Daoist, what is it that requires you to go to Xuanyang Mountain?" Li Xuanyang asked Zhen Yuanzi, somewhat puzzled.

"Speaking of this, it's actually my fault." Zhen Yuanzi sighed softly, pointed at the ginseng fruit tree, and said, "Last time, I asked my fellow Taoist for some innate spiritual water, and I used the three kinds of spiritual water to water the ginseng fruit tree."

"But it turned out to be the opposite of what we expected. Although the ginseng fruit tree did benefit greatly, the first fruits produced when the world was first created also became increasingly spiritual and seemed to be about to fall off on their own."

"I have no choice but to stay in the orchard all day to prevent the ginseng fruit tree from changing."

"Fellow Daoist, are you worried that these ginseng fruits will fall off, causing damage to the ginseng fruit tree's vitality? Do you want to ask me for a few more drops of innate spiritual water?" There are also several innate spiritual roots in Xuanyang Mountain, so it is not difficult for Li Xuanyang to see what Zhen Yuanzi is worried about.

Ordinary ginseng fruits are fine, but those first fruits produced when the world was first created have been nurtured by ginseng fruit trees for millions of years. The two have long been closely related.
If those fruits fell off at the same time, or took shape at the same time, it would definitely consume the spiritual power of the ginseng fruit tree, and even damage the vitality of the ginseng fruit tree.

"Just as you said." Zhen Yuanzi was somewhat reluctant to speak, and said, "But you don't need the innate spiritual water. The spiritual spring water from the chaotic spiritual spring in Daoist Mountain will do."

"That's easy." Li Xuanyang smiled dumbly. He waved his hand and took out some water from the Primal Chaos Spirit Spring, handed it to Zhen Yuanzi, and said, "I came to your Five-Zhuang Temple this time, firstly, for the ginseng fruit tree branch, and secondly, I need your help with something."

Zhen Yuanzi collected the water from the Chaos Spirit Spring. After hearing what Li Xuanyang said, he couldn't help showing a hint of surprise and asked, "Daoyou, don't tease me. With your ability, why do you need my help!" "This matter is by no means easy for others, but for Daoyou, it is just a piece of cake." Li Xuanyang said with a smile, without explaining, and showed the three flowers of his soul.

Above the orchard, auspicious aura filled the air. Three flowers gathered at the top of the orchard, a golden light shot up into the sky, and streaks of auspicious aura fell down. Above the three flowers emerged a colorful formation, derived from gold, wood, water, fire and earth.

There is also an innate fire energy, which is faintly contained in the formation diagram. Fire produces earth, earth produces metal, metal produces water, water produces wood, and wood produces fire. There is also the method of yin and yang producing each other.

Seeing the formation diagram in Li Xuanyang's soul's three flowers and the innate five elements' aura emanating from it, Zhen Yuanzi couldn't help but be astonished. "A diagram composed of the innate five elements' aura!"

"It's not an atlas, but a formation diagram." Li Xuanyang saw the surprise on Zhen Yuanzi's face and couldn't help but explain with a smile, "This diagram is called the Innate Five Elements Formation Diagram. I created it by refining a wisp of the Innate Five Elements Qi."

Li Xuanyang told Zhen Yuanzi about how he obtained the innate five elements' qi and deduced the innate five elements and five directions formation.

Upon hearing Li Xuanyang talk about the Innate Five Elements Five Directions Formation, Zhen Yuanzi couldn't help but clap his hands and cheer, "This diagram is all created by refining the Qi of the Innate Five Elements. I think fellow Daoist wants me to help supplement the Qi of the Innate Yi Wood and the Innate Wu Earth, so that the Five Elements of the formation diagram can be complete."

"That's right. This diagram is still missing the other four innate five elements. I need your help to complete it." After saying that, Li Xuanyang stretched out his hand and pointed at the innate five elements formation diagram in the three flowers of the soul. It turned into a colorful light and fell into Li Xuanyang's palm, turning into a palm-sized diagram.

Like a landscape painting, it exudes colorful brilliance and is quietly held in Li Xuanyang's palm.

"I see that this formation diagram contains the principles of the innate five elements. So, I only need to complete four of the innate five elements, and then I can use the method of mutual generation of the five elements to complete the last innate five elements by myself." Zhen Yuanzi said as he sacrificed his companion spiritual treasure, the Book of Earth, and shot out a ray of divine light, gathering the innate Yi wood energy above Wanshou Mountain. His hands continuously formed Taoist seals, combining the Book of Earth with the innate Yi wood energy to produce an innate Wu earth energy.

These two energies were fused together by Zhen Yuanzi and fell into the innate five elements formation diagram. Li Xuanyang immediately formed a Taoist seal, revealing the innate Bing Fire energy in the formation diagram, and refined these three innate five elements energies into the formation diagram.

However, after about dozens of days, Li Xuanyang and Zhen Yuanzi each took back the three flowers of their primordial spirits. The colorful light on the diagram of the innate five elements array faded and disappeared into the diagram, turning it into an ordinary picture without any spiritual light.

Looking at the formation diagram that had already completed the three innate five elements, Li Xuanyang couldn't help but sigh in amazement, "It hasn't even been completely refined to perfection, and yet the divine object has already hidden itself. I would like to thank you for your help!"

Li Xuanyang took the innate five elements formation diagram back into his soul to nurture it, and bowed to Zhen Yuanzi to express his gratitude.

"You are too polite, my friend. This is just a piece of cake. Given our relationship, there is no need to thank me." Zhen Yuanzi waved his hand and said
Li Xuanyang chuckled and said, "It's me who's being so polite!"

"Hey, it's about to fall off!" Zhen Yuanzi was just about to experience the mystery of the innate five elements formation diagram, when suddenly his heart was shocked and he looked abruptly at the ginseng fruit tree.

On the treetops, thirty palm-sized ginseng fruits were shining brightly, with countless rays of light emanating from them. Their limbs and hands and feet were moving, and they were about to fall off.

Li Xuanyang's expression also changed, and he uttered a sigh, "It didn't transform, but fell off on its own!"

However, before Li Xuanyang could finish his words, he saw the fruits struggling to run out of the orchard.

"Fellow Daoist, be careful. Don't let these fruits run away."

Ginseng fruit falls when it meets gold, withers when it meets wood, melts when it meets water, burns when it meets fire, penetrates when it meets earth, and can also escape when it meets the five elements.

Zhen Yuanzi also noticed something was wrong, and without caring whether it would damage the vitality of the ginseng fruit tree, he waved his long sleeves and put all the fruits into his sleeves.

The next moment, the ginseng fruit tree that was full of vitality just now gradually turned yellow and withered. Even the remaining fruits on the tree looked like eggplants hit by frost. Most of their spirituality had been lost. They looked a little shriveled and no longer looked like innate spiritual fruits.

Zhen Yuanzi felt very distressed when he saw this, so he quickly took out the water from the Chaos Spirit Spring and watered the ginseng fruit tree. Only then did the ginseng fruit tree gradually regain some vitality.

"If I had known this, I should have picked these fruits."

Zhen Yuanzi said with a look of pain, "I'm afraid the ginseng fruit tree won't recover without ten thousand years of nurturing."

Even though Zhen Yuanzi was prepared, he still felt heartbroken when he saw the appearance of the ginseng fruit tree.

(End of this chapter)